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Re: [Fwd: Re: [linker] relaxation question]
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: M R Swami Reddy <MR dot Swami dot Reddy at nsc dot com>, binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:41:30 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [linker] relaxation question]
- References: <4A7A91CB.5030606@nsc.com> <4A7BBB45.4050008@nsc.com> <4A8146FC.4000709@redhat.com>
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:25:00AM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> These are much harder to handle. (Which is probably why the mn10300
> port does not do anything special for them at the moment).
>
> The problem is that LEB128 values are variable in length. In theory
> the correct thing to do is:
Alternatively, give the linker special knowledge of whatever the
LEB128s are appearing in. Isn't that essentially how we handle
exception tables?
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery